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Meet Larry Wyler, a man with a big heart, broad shoulders and some very odd baggage. After the runaway success of his début novel, Spacious Skies, Larry decides to leave small town life and his wife Iris behind, as he moves to Manhattan. But his marriage is falling apart and, after his second novel, Amber Waves of Grain, dramatically flops, he's struck down with a bad case of writer's block. Cue his new incarnation as the newspaper columnist 'Mr Blue', agony uncle to the lonely and frustrated. It may not be great literature, but perhaps the simple act of writing once again will help get Larry back on track, and possibly even back into his marital bed. 'A little sad but funny too, all told in a witty, clever, modest voice . . . Garrison Keillor's rumbling, soporific voice is an institution in America. Love Me should not disappoint.' Sunday Times 'Hilariously moving . . . Along the way, Keillor imports some devastating truths.' Spectator
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Larry Wyler is a writer from a small-town in Minnesota. He has revered The New Yorker since he learnt to read and, following the success of his first novel, is invited to join the magazine's Manhattan corridors of power, populated by such literary gods as JD Salinger, John Updike and EB White. Larry is a good man at heart; weak-willed but good. Although he loves his fiercely Democrat social worker wife, his literary success goes immediately to his head and other parts of his anatomy. Downfall is inevitable and when writer's block hits Larry spends time in a personal wilderness, crossing paths with a small but select medley of New York oddballs and learning life's lessons the hard way.
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Then, in the depths of his down-turn, Larry is thrown a lifeline. Becoming the agony uncle for his home-town newspaper, he finds his writing flows naturally and his innate understanding of the human condition reveals itself, with honesty, humour and compassion. Through his lovable, luckless protagonist Larry, Keillor shows us that a life without love is worthless: it's short and tough so be kind, try not to hurt people, love and be loved. --Carey Green
‘The funniest American writer still open for business.' --Time
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- PublisherFaber and Faber
- Publication date2004
- ISBN 10 0571224423
- ISBN 13 9780571224425
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages288
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: Good. Meet Larry Wyler, a man with a big heart, broad shoulders and some very odd baggage. After the runaway success of his debut novel, Spacious Skies, Lar ry decides that small town St Paul is not enough for a man of his talents. Leaving Iris, his earnest Democrat wife, behind, he moves to Manhattan and his dream job at The New Yorker, but once there it soon becomes apparent th at strange things are afoot in the fabled halls of the world's leading lite rary magazine. To make matters worse, his marriage is falling apart and, af ter his second novel, Amber Waves of Grain, dramatically flops, he's struck down with a bad case of writer's block. Cue his new incarnation as the new spaper columnist 'Mr Blue', agony uncle to the lonely and frustrated. It ma y not be great literature, but perhaps the simple act of writing once again will help get Larry back on track, and possibly even back into his marital bed. Seller Inventory # RWARE0000061251
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